When the First World War began, the army’s highest-ranking black officer was
a. promoted to general in order to emphasize the army’s commitment to racial equality.
b. placed in overall command of the army’s several all-black regiments.
c. removed from duty ostensibly on medical grounds, though possibly because he would outrank white officers leading all-black regiments.
d. thrown in prison for publicly avowing that if Congress did not grant black men their rights while they were fighting in Europe, then they would continue fighting once they returned home.
c. removed from duty ostensibly on medical grounds, though possibly because he would outrank white officers leading all-black regiments.
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What was the cultural relationship between Harappan civilization and the Aryans?
A) The Aryans adopted nearly all the cultural attributes of the Harappans including urbanization and political centralization. B) The Aryans rapidly assimilated the Harappan agricultural techniques including massive irrigation projects, but they rejected all else. C) The Aryans accepted the Harappan religious pantheon, but they were unable to achieve the technological proficiency of the Harappans. D) There was little continuity between Harappan and Aryan cultures.
In regard to state building in West Africa, it can be said that
a. Ghana was the first great commercial state there. b. warfare with the Byzantines resulted in the eventual decline of the kingdom of Ghana. c. trade and commerce produced the growth of an integrated empire in the region. d. Zimbabwe replaced Ghana as the predominant trading nation of the area. e. it was conquered by Arabs.
What is meant by the “nationalization of civil rights,” and how did this process come about?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
Factors in the rise of the civil rights movement included
A. the growth of the urban black middle class. B. Cold War politics. C. the rapid spread of television. D. the events of World War II. E. All these answers are correct.